Poetry @ the Public

Poetry readings highlighting regional and native Arkansas poets in partnership with the University of Central Arkansas School of Language & Literature.

Join us for an afternoon of light refreshments, community, and poetry! November's Poetry @ the Public will feature Nick Boone from Harding University and Angie Macri from Hot Springs. Learn more about each poet below! Doors will open at 2:00 pm and guests are invited to enjoy light refreshments and a meet-and-greet with the authors. Readings will start at 2:30 pm.

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About the Poets:

Nick Boone is a Professor at Harding University, where he teaches courses in American literature and writing and directs the Writing Center. He earned his PhD I English from Auburn University with a dissertation on the poets of Black Mountain College in North Carolina. His poetry has appeared in Georgetown Review, Teleios, Streetlight Magazine, St. Austin Review, Cave Region Review, SLANT, and elsewhere. His scholarly book, Understanding Jorie Graham, published in 2025, examines the life and work of one of the most accomplished living American poets. His debut book of poetry, Biblical Proportion, was published in May of this year.

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Angie Macri was born and raised in Southern Illinois but now lives in Hot Springs, where she is an Arkansas Arts Council fellow. She is the author of three books of poetry: Fear Nothing of the Future or the Past (Finishing Line Press, 2014); Underwater Panther (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2015), winner of the Cowles Poetry Book Prize; and Sunset Cue (Bordighera Press, 2022), winner of the 2021 Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize. She earned a BA from the University of Arkansas, as well as an MA from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MFA from the University of Arkansas.

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This event is free and open to the public.

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